scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to collect; to assemble; to gather
release; emission; ejection
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
at a moment's notice; readily
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
almost; roughly; approximately
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
by means of; due to; because of; according to
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
number of characters; number of letters; word count
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
meaning; significance; sense
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
spelling; orthography; patching; binding